AL9-315 Date 04-05-2023

PETE 315– Petroleum Thermodynamics

Remember, each student is responsible for understanding the material and will contribute in a
mutually accepted and fair way. Only one submission (digital), you are both responsible and
need to be up to speed, I will not accept complaints or request to change partners.

Signature 1_Kale Mooney_________

Signature 2_Drake Wells__________

1. Phase equilibria for a single component using reduced equations of state. You need to use the tables
provided in Canvas (L20.Reduced-EOS-Tables.xlsx) and review the material on how the dimensionless
variables are defined.

a) Find the vapor pressure, the saturated liquid and vapor molar volumes, and the heat of
vaporization for ethane and n-pentane using the Redlich-Kwong equation (RK) of state at a
reduced temperature of Tr= 0.76
Show the intermediate calculations and write your final answers in the following table.
Component Tc T P Vv Vl Hvl
o o 3 3
( C) ( C) bar (cm /mol) (cm /mol) KJ/kg
Ethane
n-Pentane

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2. Verify that at the temperature and the vapor pressure obtained, the roots of the EOS are the molar
volumes for gas and liquid reported in the table above for ethane (no need to do it for both).

Note: Notice that from the EOS you get a value for Zc that is not the same as the experimental one
reported in your textbook, as a result since Vc is not the same either.

Write down the RK equation in dimensionless form with the coefficients determined for the
component required.

RT a R 2Tc2.5 RTc
P  1 a  0.42748 b  0.08664
(V  b) T 2  V V  b  Pc Pc

And write down the polynomial used to determine these roots (see example provided in class).
Write down in the table the units for a and b

Component a b Vv Vmiddle Vl
(cm3/mol) (cm3/mol) (cm3/mol)
Ethane
n-Pentane

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